The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-17

piled by means of gas jets distributed at regu-
lar intervals. "The plant" says one who Wis
tied the garden on the third of the present
month, twas being marketed in large quantities,
having been propaeated by the heat from the
jets. covering space say $50 feet in length by
twenty feet in width. While the surrounding
fields were still frozen from two to six inches,
this bed of asparagus was quite as thrifty as
any had ever seen from thirty to sixty days
later in the season; and Mr. Hamilton. the
owner, for his enterprise was reaping rich re-
ward, being able to obtain So dozen for his
fine punches of the plant"
This sounds a good deal like Mulholand
story; but if fresh garden sass can be had at
all seasons by this process, the sooner gas is
found in the neighborhood of Indianapolis the
better the Inhabitants will be pleased
A LIMA letter to the New York Herald says
that Don Jose Sevilla, Peruvian by birth, but
a naturalized citizen of the United States, died
at Lima recently, leaving a fortune of $3 Co.,
As mark of gratitude to the city of New York
where he resided for many years and was pros
porous in business, he leaves bequest OF
$500, 900 to that city, to be employed in found
ing an establishment for the education of poor
girl children, to be termed the 'Sevilla Home
for Children" This capital is not to be touched
for two years. and then, with the accumulated
interest, the work is to be commenced Tho
children to be admitted are required to be from
five to ten years of age. to receive thoroughly
practical education up to the age of sixteen, and
then to be found employment The decedent's
will names the trustees of the institution. and
outlines its plan of organization.
SPEAKING of Browning, that poet remarks. in
one of his recent wrestlings with the unknow-
able
"Shall Man Microcosmos, to claim the conception
OF grandeur of beauty, in thought, word or deed'
toiled but thy light on my dubousest step shone-
Believing it unwise to force rich food upon the
mental as we'll as the physical organization. the
remaining lines OF the poem will not be given
until the Journals readers have grasped and
made their own the sentiment concealed in the
language quoted. No key accompanies the
verse and we have no hints to offer in regard to
the best method of reaching solution; but will
merely remark incidentally, that no contribu-
tor of original verse could work off on this paper
such line as the third one quoted above, al
though the Journal much to its regret, is forced
by the exgencies of politics and religion to pub
lsh some very tough poetry now and then.
THE usual annual announcement is made from
| Washington that ''the prospects for a large
! peach crop in Delaware and on the Eastern Shore
| of Maryland are excellent, and nearly all the
| growers of that fruit expecting a heavy
| yield" This powder has been fired before. The
| object evidently, is to get a confding public
into frame of mind that requires large guam
tity of peaches to satisfy it, and when every
bodys mouth is watering for the fruit, word will
go ont that the crop is short. and prices will go
up like rocket. Thus public anticipation will
| come down like a stick, and the result Will be
very discouraging Peach US no peaches
THE Junior James G. Blaipes new field Of op-
erations is to be among the bulls and bears OF
| Wall street. He informed the firm Of brokers
| whose employ he has en- tered that he was "sick
of Pittsburg and newspaper work there This
is not surprising. Pittsburg is not an attractive
place, and newspaper reporters do not ACQUIRE
| wealth as rapidly retire from business as
early there as in some other cities. So the bro
| kers told young James he might 90 to work at
once. AS they pay him good salary. they
must expect to make something By the arrange
| ment Perhaps he will not prove dead head.
| CRITICS who have been saying that Madame
PATHS voice is failing should hear what the lady
says about 1t herself She tells ST Louis reporte,
that she sings because she knows she can sins
better that ever II have ears" she says, land
| know what can do. My voice is richer and
clearer than ever before There notes which
I used to reach in small bell-like tone which
are now full and strong l never sang as vel
in my life as sang in Chicago and here" This
ought to settle the matter, for if Patti doesn'
know what a good voice is who does?
Mr. w. IRVING BISHOP. the mind-reader, ant
Mrs. w. Irving Bishop. the one in New York ant
the other in Detroit. are attaining great dea
of notoriety by charging each other, through the
newspapers. with insanity and other shortcom
incs and deficiencies. To some people this sor
of notoris.y would be unpleasant, but Mr.
| Bishop is on the stage, or rather the platform
| and Mrs. Bishop probably wants to go on, tn,
publicity in this case may be only matter o
advertising.
PENNSYLVANIA woman, having heard tina
a bounty was offered for wolf and wildcat scalps
has petitioned the Legislature to pass law TO
the protection of the people from snakes. Thi
( woman is evidently not prohbtionist, or sh
would know that the most puzzling problem
} which confronts the statesmen of every iegisla
ture in the country is to find the best metho
Of protecting people from snakes
! THE Bostonian who. at the last public recep
ton at the White House, invited the Presden
to visit New England. and socially whispered i
his ear ''to bring Mrs K. with you, too" re
, gospel who used to furnish manuscript sermon
to the Journal in which he spelled the name
the Saviour with little ''e."
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